Iris Copperman Answers Cruelty With Compassion On "Bully"

Written By: Big C

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Photo Credit: Nick Walker

Some artists write about pain, but Iris Copperman studies it and then responds with grace.

At just 14 years old, the Nashville-based singer/songwriter steps into difficult terrain with Bully, a piano-led ballad that refuses retaliation. Instead of firing back, she asks a harder question: Who hurt you? The track swells with layered vocals, strings, and percussion that lift the message beyond teenage heartbreak into universal reflection. Copperman probes beneath sharp words and hallway cruelty, simply to insist that kindness is not weakness.

The new single transforms personal experience into something wider, a meditation on cycles of harm and the radical act of empathy. Co-written with Shane McAnally and Ross Copperman, the song highlights a writer who has been shaping her voice since age five. It’s disarming in its maturity. The release follows her Interscope Records debut, Struggle Bus, a surreal and self-aware introduction that leaned into emotional contradiction before arriving at self-acceptance. Where that track navigated inner turbulence, "Bully" turns outward, choosing understanding over escalation. Let us know your thoughts and watch the official video below. Witness an artist choosing empathy when it would be easier to choose anger and connect with Iris Copperman on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube.

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